Arrington may’ve had a chance of emerging from this controversy unscathed had the interview not been recorded. From where I sit, Soledad wasn’t twising his arm or flashing floodlights in his tender eyes. In fact, O’brien offered Arrington two opportunities to answer the question of whether there were black entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Arrington answered, rather offhandedly, that there weren’t any. Then, when it came out that he not only knows them, but has funded at least one black CEO via The Crunch Fund, Arrington sought to shift the blame (and unflattering media attention) to Soledad O’brien. Needless to say, it didn’t work. Sometimes it’s best just to say sorry.